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(STATS) - The Big Sky welcomes founding member Idaho back into the conference in a drop down from the FBS level this year.

But the other teams aren't getting too chummy because there's not a lot of elbow room in the largest FCS conference.

Idaho believes it will be competitive right away in a conference in which over half the programs carry legitimate aspirations of making the FCS playoffs. Seven different Big Sky teams have grabbed postseason bids in just the last two seasons.